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ATHENS - *Another Win In Overtime: The sixth-ranked Bulldogs (3-0,1-0 SEC) rallied past No. 15 Tennessee with a 44-41 win in overtime. Georgia improved to 11-7 in overtime games including 5-2 in true road games and 4-2 overall under Kirby Smart. This was Georgia’s first OT game since a 44-42 win in a school-record eight OTs against Ga. Tech last year in Athens.
Series Winnning Streak Goes To Nine: With today’s win, Georgia extended its school best winning streak against the Vols to nine straight dating to 2017. Also, the Bulldogs improved to 10-0 in SEC openers in the Kirby Smart era. Georgia leads the all-time series 30-23-2 dating to 1899. Today marked the fourth straight ranked meeting between the teams, all wins by the Bulldogs. It was the first OT game in the series since 2013 here, a 34-31 win by the Bulldogs.
*Summary Of The Offense: In overtime, Georgia trailed 41-38. Then, Nate Frazier rushed for 21 yards, Josh McCray took it three yards and then McCray plunged in from the one for the game-winning TD and a 44-41 victory. McCray (7-for-17 yards) had a pair of TDs today.
*Georgia tallied 502 yards (198-rushing, 304-passing) on 87 plays.
*Georgia trailed 38-30 with 6:40 left in the contest, Georgia eventually converted a 4th-and-6 witha 28-yard TD pass to London Humphreys with 2:38 left. Then, the game was tied on a successful two-point conversion on a pass to Zachariah Branch.It capped a nine play, 75-yard drive in 4:08. Georgia has three TDs on 4th Down conversions this year, and under Smart they are 5-for-5 in converstion this year.
*Down 21-17 to start the second half, Georgia got the ball first and marched 75 yards in 14 plays with three 3rd down conversions to take its first lead (24-21) with 7:19 left in the 3rd quarter as Josh McCray’s notched his first score as a Bulldog from one yard. The drive featured 13 rushes (68 yards) and one completion (7 yards). Georgia took a 27-21 lead with 1:45 left in the 3rd after a 48-yard field goal.
At halftime, Georgia tallied 17 points on 255 yards of offense (77-rushing, 178-passing) on 41 plays and trailed 21-17.
*Down 7-0 with 12:30 left in the first quarter, Georgia’s first possession answered the TD, going six plays in 75 yards in 2:32. The drive began with a 45-yard completion to Colbie Young and was capped by a six-yard run by Gunner Stockton.
*Down 21-7 in the 1st quarter Georgia compiled a 72-yard TD drive that ended with Zachariah Branch catching a 36-yard TD on 3rd-and-7 to cut it to 21-14 with 14:52 left in the half.
*In his first road start, redshirt junior QB Gunner Stockton earned a victory and was 23-for-31 for a career-high 304 yards and 2 TDs. In the first half, he was 12-for-17 for 178 yards and one TD.
Sophomore Nate Frazier had a team-high 73 yards on 14 carries. Junior Zachariah Branch had a team-high five catches for 69 yards and a TD while senior Colbie Young had four catches for 73 yards.
*Defensive Review: In the first Overtime, Georgia forced UT to a 42-yard field goal for just a 41-38 deficit.
*Georgia was down 35-30 with 8:21 left and the Bulldogs turned it over at the UGA 34. The turnover led to a 48-yard FG and a 38-30 game. With the game tied at 38 with 2:32 left, UT eventually missed a 43-yard field goal with seven seconds and the game went to OT.
*On UT’s second drive of the 2nd half, sophomore KJ Bolden collected his first interception of they year at the UT38 and second of his career. It led to a 48-yard field goal by Peyton Woodring and a 27-21 lead with 1:45 left in the third quarter.
*UT’s third drive gave the Vols a 28-27 lead as Chris Brazzel II snagged his third TD of the game, this one a 56-yard pass.
*With 12:17 left in the game, UT had a quick answer of a Georgia score, taking a 35-30 lead with a 75-yard TD drive in 1:16.
*The Vols finished the first half with 21 points, tallying 259 yards on 35 plays (30-rush, 229-passing). They scored all 21 points in the first quarter on their first three possession and were blanked in the second quarter on their final two possessions.
*UT scored on its second possession too, needing just two plays and 29 seconds, ending on a 72-yard TD pass to Chris Brazell II. It was the longest completion allowed by Georgia this season.
*UT went up 21-7 on its third possession, going 83 yards on 12 plays with 3:37 left in the first quarter. UT was stopped on its 4th drive. *UT allowed its first sack of the year when Joey Aguilar was called for intentional grounding, credit Chris Cole with the sack.
*Junior Joenel Aguero notched his first career interception with 1:02 left in the first half at the UGA 30. It led to no points after the final play of the half was a heave towards the end zone by Ryan Puglisi that was picked off Ty Redmond. It was the first INT for both teams.
*The leading tacklers were juniors CJ Allen (11),Raylen Wilson (10) and redshirt sophomore Kyron Jones (9) each with career-highs.
*Checking In On Special Teams: Junior PK Peyton Woodring tallied 12 points (3 PATs, three Field Goals covering 20, 24 and 48 yards) plus took care of the kickoffs. Woodring 4-for-4 on the year in field goals and 46-for-52 in his career.
*All-America punter Brett Thorson had three punts for a 47.7 average with one return for zero yards.
*Junior Zachariah Branch had one kickoff return for 28 yards and RFr. Sacovie White-Helton had one punt return for 12 yards.
*Captains, Coin Toss And For Starters: Georgia’s captains were CJ Allen, Christen Miller, Drew Bobo, and Oscar Delp.
*Georgia won the toss and elected to defer the ball until the second half. They won the toss in Overtime and choose defense too. There were no first-time starters on defense as the same 11 Bulldogs started for the second straight week. On offense, true freshman Dontrell Glover got his first career start at right guard. He is the third true freshman to start this season including second offensive lineman, joining Juan Gaston Jr. (RG) who started the opener. After missing last week’s game, Gaston returned to action Saturday.
*Up Next: No. 6 Georgia (3-0, 1-0 SEC) has an open date and will be back in action, Sept. 27 in Athens versus Alabama (2-1, 0-0 SEC) at 7:30 p.m. (ABC).
